38.0% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Dromedary · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Dromedary
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Fewer residents in Dromedary hold formal qualifications compared to most similar areas. Only 38% of people completed Year 12, which is well below the Tasmanian figure. This trend extends to higher education, with only 10.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Year 12 completion is low here at 38%, which is far below the national figure of 58.8%. About 31.5% of residents reached Year 10 as their highest level of schooling.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Dromedary, the largest group is Year 12 at 42%, followed by Year 10 (35%) and Year 9 or below (12%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is far below the state and national figures. Instead, the most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 40.8% of the population.
10.8% ▲ +86.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Dromedary, Certificate III / IV is the majority at 52%; Advanced diploma / diploma is next at 19%.
Field of study
What people studied.
Among those with qualifications, the most common fields are Engineering (17.5%), Management and Commerce (13.1%), and Health (12.4%).
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
There is one primary school in the area, which is an independent school. On average, the local school is smaller and has a lower advantage score than those in most other areas.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
149
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
952
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Dromedary
1 school — 149 students, average ICSEA 952.
By sector: Independent 1
By type: Primary 1
| Northern Christian School, Bridgewater | Independent | Primary | 6.1 km | 149 | 952 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Dromedary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60168/dromedary/topic/education